Question

My name is Bess Curle, but this is not my story. It is the story of my lady Mary, Queen of Scots. She wrote the story, and then she gave it to me. I am going to give it to her son.

    She began the story a week ago. It was January 1587, and we sat here in our cold room in Fotheringhay Castle, in the north of England. We couldn't see much from the window. One or two houses, a river, some trees, some horses, and a road. That's all.

    The road goes to London, the home of Queen Elizabeth of England. Mary sat with her little dog in her hands and watched it, all day long.

    No one came along the road. Nothing happened. I watched Mary, unhappily.

    "Please, Your Majesty, come away from that window," I said. "It doesn't help. No one is going to come. Queen Elizabeth can't do it-Queens don't kill Queens."

    "Don't they, Bess?" Mary said. "Then why are we here, in this prison? Why am I not free?"

    "Why, Your Majesty(陛下)? Because Queen Elizabeth is afraid of you."

    "That's right," Mary said. "She's afraid of me, and she hates me too. She hates me because I am beautiful, and she is not; because I had three husbands, and she never married. And because many people-good Catholic(天主教的)people in England France, Scotland, Spain-say that I, Mary, am the true Queen of England, not Elizabeth. And E}zabeth has no children, so, when she is dead, my son James..."

    She came away from the window and stood in front of me. "James," she said quietly, "my son, does he think about me sometimes? He was only ten months old when I last saw him. It is nearly twenty years..."

1.This story happened in           .

A. spring    B. summer    C. autumn    D. winter

2.According to the passage, James was        in 1587.

A. nearly 20 years old    B. less than 19 years old

C. more than 21 years old    D. nearly 19 years old

3.What may the next paragraph talk about?

A. Mary started to hate Elizabeth.    B. Mary started to remember her son.

C. Bess started to save Mary.    D. Bess started to kill Mary.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】本文是苏格兰女王玛丽的故事。她被英格兰女王伊丽莎白关在监狱里，他正在和Bess Curle讲述，她恨伊丽莎白，以及她想她的儿子詹姆斯。

1.D

推理判断题。根据It was January 1587, and we sat here in our cold room in Fotheringhay Castle, in the north of England.可知此处指的是一月，天气冷，故推断是在冬季，故选D。

2.A

推理判断题。根据"James," she said quietly, "my son, does he think about me sometimes? He was only ten months old when I last saw him. It is nearly twenty years..."可知James现在几乎20岁，故选A。

3.B

推理判断题。根据"James," she said quietly, "my son, does he think about me sometimes? He was only ten months old when I last saw him. It is nearly twenty years..."可知下一段Mary会想起他的儿子James，故选B。

点睛：根据题干内容，在文中寻找答案所在的语句和段落，进行分析理解，推理判断，词义猜测和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题2，根据"James," she said quietly, "my son, does he think about me sometimes? He was only ten months old when I last saw him. It is nearly twenty years..."可知James现在几乎20岁，故选A。